Sports
Up to date covering of major sports from soccer to athletics, boxing, wrestling, football, basketball and major sporting events.
Paralympic 2024: Sports Minister raises athletes’ prize money by 200 percent
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh, has increased the prize rewards for Team Nigeria athletes at the Paris 2024 Paralympic...
AFCON 2025 Qualifier: Super Eagles camp opens on Sept. 1 for Benin, Rwanda games
The Super Eagles will open camp for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic and Amavubi of...
Second coming of Joao Felix to Chelsea, seven-year deal signed and sealed
Joao Felix has returned to Chelsea for a second spell with the Blues after spending time on loan with the Premier League side...
Raheem Sterling to exit Chelsea
Raheem Sterling has expressed a preference to leave Chelsea on a permanent basis after it became clear that, at present, he is not...
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer Wins PFA Men’s Young Player of the Year Award
Cole Palmer has become the first Chelsea player since Eden Hazard to pick up the PFA Men’s Young Player of the Year award....
Mallorca dent Kylian Mbappe perfect start
A goal from Vedat Muriqi halted Real Madrid at Son Moix, as Los Blancos could only manage a 1-1 draw against Mallorca on...
Mateo Kovacic’s stunner secures City’s lead against Chelsea
Defending champion Manchester City defeated Chelsea in a one-sided game at Stamford Bridge, with goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic sealing a...
Go for glory, Sports Minister urges Falconets as they depart for final WC prep
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has charged Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Falconets, to make the nation proud as...
Mo Salah and his assistant’s goals seal victory for Liverpool
The Arne Slot era is off to a perfect start as Mo Salah and Diogo Jota got the job done in East Anglia...
2024/25 Premier League: Zikzee wins it for Manchester United
Player of the Match Joshua Zirkzee’s goal set the tone for Manchester United as they competed in their 100th top-flight campaign with a...
Olympic Games: NOC President speaks on outcome, commends Tinubu, Sports Minister
Despite Nigerian athletes not achieving podium finishes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Engr. Habu Gumel, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC),...
Olympics 2024: Au revoir Paris, up next Los Angeles 2028
By Samuel Akpan in Paris The Paris Olympics Games 2024 were concluded on Sunday with a colourful closing ceremonies held at the iconic...
Olympics 2024: Nigeria’s D’Tigress coach Rena Wakama named best coach in Paris by FIBA
Rena Wakama, the first Nigerian female basketball coach, earned the title of “best coach” at this year’s Olympics after leading D’Tigress to historic...
Paris Olympics 2024: Team Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, and The Scandals
By Samuel Akpan in Paris With the curtains coming down on the biggest global sporting spectacle, Team Nigeria for the eight time (1952,...
USA’s Benjamin holds off Tebogo of Botswana to claim men’s 4×400 relay gold at Olympics
By Samuel Akpan in Paris Team Botswana came so close to winning the gold medal in the men’s 4x400m as Letsile Tebogo made...
One day to go: Team USA wins fifth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal at 2024 Olympics
By Samuel Akpan in Paris Team USA secured a routine victory, winning the fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball against France...
